Shoe-clasp



(No Model.)

J. G. HAMMOND, Jr. 86 T. E. KING.

SHOE CLASP. No. 334,434. Patented Jan. 19,4886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH C. HAMMOND, JR, OF ROCKVILLE, AND THEODORE E. KING, OF

' WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SHOE-CLASP.

SPECIPICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 334,434, dated January19, 1886. V Application filed May 15, 1885. Serial No. 165,569. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J OSEPH C. HAMMOND, Jr., of Roekville, in thecounty of Tolland and State of Connecticut. and THEODORE E. 5 KING, ofVVestport, in the county of Fairfield, and said State, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Clasps, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, where Figure l is a view of one form of our improvedtongue-frame and tongue. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the clasp. Fig. 3 is afront end view of the form of clasp shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows analternateform of our im- Fig. 5 is a plan view of the form shown in Fig.4. Fig. 6 is a front end View of the latter. Fig. 7 is a view in sectionof the strap, and in end view of the frame of the device shown in Fig.4.

The within-described improvement relates to the class of buckles andclasps which are adapted for use on various articles of wearingapparel;but it is more particularly intended for use on arctic overshoes; and itconsists in the improved tongue and tongue-frame, each bent to shapefrom a single piece of wire, and having the co operating locking andfastening features, formed in the bending of the Wire to shape, andaiding in holding the tongue closed, and in other details of the device,as more particularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes a tongue-fran1eformed of wire that is doubled back upon itself, with the offset andcurved part b bent into the side and bearing .,between the two parts ofthe wire the socket c for the tongue-pivot. These sockets are formedopposite to each other in the parallel o sides a of the frame, and atsome distance back from its open end.

The tongue 1 is formed of a single piece of wire, hook shape, withtrunnions d, turned in opposite directions and adapted to fit in the 4 5pivot-sockets c and form a pivot upon which the tongue swings.

In the form of tongue and frame shown in Figs. 1 to 7, the projections efrom the broadened part of the tongue take into sockets e,

formed in folding the tongue-frame, and hold the tongue againstaccidental opening when closed. By lifting upon the point of the tonguethese locking shoulders or projections are readily passed between theobstructing frame by reason of the elasticity of the tongue, 5 5 whichallows it to yield to inward pressure upon the opposite shoulders, andthis is also aided by the outward spring of the frame.

The alternate form of tongue and frame (shown in Figs. 4 to 7) is alsoformed by bend- 6o ing the respective parts to shape from a single pieceof wire; but the ends ofthetongue-frame, instead of being inturned andmeeting the ends of the cross-bar of the frame, are sharpened and turneddownward at the corners of the frame in points f, which serve as meansfor fastening the parts to the strap or like part ofthe article on whichthe clasp is to be used, as by pushing them through and clinching them,as shown in Fig. 7.

WVe claim as our invention 1. In combination, in a clasp, a tongueframeformed of a single piece of wire bent to the form of the open frame,substantially as described, with sockets for supporting pivotal andlocking projections on the tongue, and a tongue formed of. a singlepiece of wire bent to shape, with pivots and projections adapted to fitthe respective sockets, all substantially as described.

0'0 2. In combination, in a clasp, a tongueframe, a, formed of a singlepiece of wire bent to shape, with pivot-sockets c, and lockingsockets,and the ends of the wire sharpened and turned downward from the plane ofthe frame, and a tongue, d, with pivots d, and locking-projections 6,all substantially as described.

JOSEPH C. HAMMOND, JR. THEODORE E. KING.

Witnesses as to signature of J. C. Hammond, J r.:

GELoN W. WEs'r, CLAYTON E. HAMMOND. Witnesses as to signature of T. E.King:

WM. EDGAR NASH, CARRIE E. NASH.

